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A measurement tool combining data from different sources, the Bumper Dashboard is now available for every podcast, free. The tool's new "Bumper Score" will also be available - what the company calls a standard benchmark that compares podcast performance in context. The company has also announced MCP server access for AI assistants. Koolio.ai, a podcast production platform, has unveiled a significant upgrade. The tool aims to combine...Goalhanger becomes Britainās fastest-growing company
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Podcast producer Goalhanger has become the fastest-growing company in the UK, according to The Sunday Times 100 ranking. Employing eighty people, the company madeĀ Ā£37.9 million (US $50.8 million)Ā in sales in 2025, aĀ 321% average annual growthĀ in the last three years. The company makes the popular "The Rest Is..." series. Confirmation that The Rest Is Football will be available globally on Netflix for the World Cup. Most podcasts on Netflix are j...Podcast merch reaches New Heights
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You've heard the show - now buy the shoe. New Heights is working with OluKai to bring "a football-inspired design lens to a premium leather silhouette with all-star appeal" (or, what the Australians call a decent pair of thongs). We're told that the $160 shoes, called the Mea Ola Nuāu, continue the company's tradition, merging premium materials with personality-driven design. And, of course you can buy them on Am...Apple history podcast hits $60,000 funding in less than a day
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Popular Apple-focused website Six Colors is asking its readers to help fund a podcast about Apple's history. It hit its stretch goal of $60,000 in less than 24 hours; at the time of writing, it's just hit $100,000. (The website also has a yearly report card - huh, there's an idea.) Some of SiriusXM's biggest podcasts are to be streamed on Tubi, including Conan O'Brien Needs a Friend, Rotten Mango and...Is podcasting ācookedā?
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Podcasting is cooked. So said Transistor's Justin Jackson, and the Podcast Marketing Academy's Jeremy Enns, in a talk at The Podcast Show in London (which they filmed themselves). Video is taking over podcasting, AI slop will drown out the good stuff, and audio-only podcasts are a thing of the past. They take a look at the dataĀ and provide simple tactics for thriving in podcasting - which, yes, i...Webinar to uncover what works in a podcast trailer
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What works and what doesn't in podcast trailers? Coleman Insights has a free webinar this Wednesday to unveil its research - how can you make promos and trailers that work better for your show. Want to hear some trailers for shows in the meantime? Our New Podcasts feed lets you listen to some of the best. Get the podcast here - or add your show. SpotsNow has...Podcast advertising measurement āis brokenā
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"Advertisers run multiple attribution systems because media players won't align on how to measure ad response. We can't even agree on a shared definition of a podcast." So says the Alliance for Measurement in Podcasting (AMP) - launched to create "the first podcasting measurement framework". Brought together by Oxford Road, the group...Brits love podcasts on smart TVs
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Smart TVs are the new place to watch podcasts, according to new data released this week from Signal Hill Insights and FlightStory - with almost half of UK podcast consumers using their smartTV to watch podcasts. The data suggests that podcasts are competing directly with linear TV and streaming, and most consump...Now you can charge for video
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Supporting Cast has become, it claims, the first podcast subscription platform to deliver gated, subscriber-only podcast video on Spotify. The company launches the new feature with two shows - Libero, a football podcast, and Legacy, a history podcast. Partnerships with Goalhanger, Vox Media, Jim Harold's Campfire, Filmspotting and Betches Media will follow...Goalhanger invests in creators
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Goalhanger, the maker of The Rest Is History, has launched a new investment and partnerships arm, Goalhanger Ventures. The company announced an investment in Invisible Media, and a new commercial partnership with Backyard Cricket. Websites on Podpage can now update the minute you publish a new episode, thanks to full support for pod...The biggest shows become bigger still
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The biggest shows are getting even bigger, according to new research from Edison Podcast Metrics UK, presented at The Podcast Show London. In 2023, to reach 50% of all podcast listeners, you would need to advertise on the top 43 shows. But two years later, you only need the top 27 shows to reach half of all...New podcast features from Spotify
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Spotify announced a set of new podcast features. "Users can ask Spotify questions about the podcast theyāre listening or watching, and get answers in real time." - this feature is available in the US, Sweden and Ireland for Premium users. Dynamic Creator Sponsorships are now available for creators in the Spoti...Global podcast revenue rises to $9.2bn
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Across the world, the podcast economy grew 23% last year, says new data from Owl & Co. Global podcasting is now worth $9.2bn in revenue, says the data. The biggest increase came from direct ad revenue, but revenue from consumers (membership tools like Patreon and Supporting Cast, etc) also significantly increased, and is now worth $2.2bn alone. Vox...Podnews Report Card unveiled at The Podcast Show
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YouTube is winning podcast creator hearts, according to the results of the Podnews Report Card, which were revealed at the opening keynote for The Podcast Show in London, which kicks off today. The results show significantly better scores for YouTube in almost every category, and overall, YouTube rises to the #2 best-scoring platform, behind Apple. Apple, too...Blubrry gives all its podcasters a new Podpage
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Planned tube strikes in London this week have been cancelled. Phew!
Blubrry Podcasting has announced an exclusive partnership with Podpage - replacing its own landing pages with a website from Podpage, giving creators access to a significantly more powerful and customisable online presence. Here's an example for Podcast Insider. Triton Digital released its Q1 2026...The Podcast Show reveals full speaker list
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The world of podcasting is travelling to London for The Podcast Show, which has revealed its full programme of speakers. Delegates from more than 50 countries will attend, and the show has added two new spaces for international visitors. There are more than 450 speakers and 170 sessions. The results of the Podnews Report Card will be revealed...Spotify to support HLS video for Apple Podcasts
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Spotify's Megaphone, and Spotify for Creators, are to support video for podcasts published on Apple Podcasts. The two companies were the only large podcast hosts not to announce support for HLS video when Apple announced it earlier in the year. No pricing has been given. It doesn't change how video works on Spotify, however: the c...The Rest Isā¦ Sir Paul McCartney
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Sir Paul McCartney is the guest on two Goalhanger shows this week - The Rest is Entertainment (asking questions from listeners) and The Rest is History (going into more detail on Sir Paul's life). For noting - the shows were released to paid members early; and it's smart to get double the exposure by using...Exclusive: Amazon Music delivers video podcasts
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Exclusive: Amazon Music begins rolling out video podcasts from today. Video podcasts will initially be available for customers in the US on iOS and Android, across all subscription tiers. A spokesperson told us: "In todayās rapidly evolving podcast landscape, video has emerged as an increasingly essential format for creators and their audiences. With more co...Oprahās next podcast guests are out of this world
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Oprah Winfrey's The Oprah Podcast today features guests that are out of this world - or, at least, they were. After their extraordinary, history-making trip around the moon, Oprah has an in-depth conversation with the crew of Artemis II. The crew shares how they were transformed after spending more than nine days traveling farther into...Daylight comes for 'Podcast Review'
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Exclusive: Daylight Media has acquired the online publication Podcast Review. We first reported on the website in Feb 2018; the well-regarded website contains human-curated podcast recommendations, reviews and analysis (like this, for The Idiot). The weekly newsletter goes to 12,000 people. Alice Orr becomes the Managing Editor. Exclusive: Million Podcasts has published The State of Video Podca...BIPOC Podcast Creators closes
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A community to connect BIPOC creators through education, networking and partnerships, BIPOC Podcast Creators has announced that it is closing. The co-founders announced that the closure is partially driven by capacity and time constraints, but also reflects the structural challenges of sustaining community-driven work in the current content creator landscape. āThe industry benefits enormously from communities like ours, but the infras...Beware Spotify's video lock-in
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Thinking of using a podcast hosting company to upload video to Spotify? That ease of use comes with a big cost, we learn today: you will be forever locked in to your current podcast hosting company, according to warnings given by Spotify in the signup process. "This cannot be undone", says one checkbox on Spotify; another points out that "this per...Captivate launches Apple Podcasts video
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Podcast hosting company Captivate has unveiled its Apple Podcasts video support. Their pricing model is a flat $12/month add-on for up to 1,000 video plays. Additional bandwidth costs are charged over that number. Captivate isn't yet supporting the alternate enclosure. Podnews has published a quick price comparison page for video podcast hosting. What's notable is that different companies are charging...Video podcasting: Podigee launches all three
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Podcast hosting company Podigee has launched video podcast support - for YouTube, Spotify and Apple Podcasts. Video is available today across every podcast plan; the company says it makes them the first to support video podcast distribution to all three major platforms, across every pricing tier. Pricing starts at ā¬19/month (US $22), for unlimited audio and four video episodes (of up to 30 m...Buzzsprout launches Apple Podcasts video distribution
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Buzzsprout has launched video distribution to Apple Podcasts. The company is charging $30/month for plans that include video (down to $25/month when billed annually); the plan allows up to 6 hours a month of content to be uploaded. The new pricing page also includes a mult...Podcasts help Appleās figures
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Apple announced its Q2/26 fiscal financial results. Services revenue, which includes revenue from premium Apple Podcasts subscriptions, reached an all-time high of $31 billion, up +16.3%. The word "podcast" wasn't mentioned in the conference call; though it is available as a podcast - Apple Quarterly Earnings Call. (Weirdly, that podcast isn't on Spotify...) Sounds Profitable's Tom Webster gives his detailed thoughts on a rum...Mel C is first guest at Acastās new Sydney studio
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I'll tell you what I want, what I really, really want - I want three new video-capable podcast studios. Acast has upgraded its studios in Stockholm and Oslo, and Acast's new video podcast studio in Woolloomoolloo in Sydney has officially had it's first guest: none other than Sporty Spice herself...Bob Pittman quizzes Charlamagne tha God at POSSIBLE
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The Black Effect Podcast Festival took place over the weekend in Atlanta GA, USA. The...Tips from Spotifyās editorial team to promote your show
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How can you get your podcast promoted by Spotify? Today, Podnews speaks with Lizzy Hale, Spotify's Head of Podcast Editorial. The company has dozens of people based all over the world, watching for shows to highlight, and guiding Spotify's recommendation systems to reflect cultural...New TV ad showcases podcast app
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Spanish-language podcast app iVoox has unveiled its first ever TV ad, which will run on Mediaset TV channels across Spain. We've added English-language captions to the ad, which you can see here. We don't remember covering a TV ad for a podcast app ever - (though TuneIn and Audible have done a few). Very welcome. Can't be bothered to record a short promo for...New scifi fiction podcast heads to Tribeca
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The Tribeca Festival has selected a sci-fi podcast, The Dolos Project, for its audio line-up. Podnews has first sight of the new video trailer, which begins in the aftermath of Earthās nuclear annihilation. From a remote space station, co-pilots David and Sarah, alongside their AI companion SAI, may be the last remnants of humanity. The show is from Marcus and Megan Bagala, who ha...SiriusXM to sell YouTube audio ads
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First look: SiriusXM has been announced as the exclusive advertising representative of YouTube audio advertising in the US. This is a significant addition to SiriusXM Media's portfolio, which will now be able to reach 255mn monthly listeners - almost 90% of all US adults 13+. SiriusXM also released data from Edison Research, showing that around 74% of US adults 13+ consume YouTube audio, or engage in listening-first behaviours on...The 30th Annual Webby Awards: The Podcast Winners
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Exclusive: We've the podcast winners for the 30th Annual Webby Awards. Podcast Co...The Podcast Academy, six years on
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It's six years since the launch of The Podcast Academy. In an in-depth look at podcasting's membership organisation, we examine how it's doing in terms of membership, the state of its finances, how important The Ambies are to the organisation, and a mysterious change at the top that has left some people wondering what happened. Read our story in full. Edison Research at SSRS published th...RĆDEās tiny component for microphones of the future
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RĆDE made a number of announcements at the NAB Show. Sonaura, a tiny microphone technology component, will be part of upcoming new microphones from RĆDE. New products announced (but coming soon) are squarely aimed at the video podcast world: RĆDELink II, a new wireless microphone system; LPA1, a new low-profile studio arm ("for precision placement without visual obstruction"); DS3, a desktop studio arm...Audioboom posts record revenue
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Audioboom released a trading update for Q1/26. Revenue is up +30% year-on-year to another record of $22.5mn; the company made $4.8mn profit (up +41%). However, Audioboom describes video - up +70% in views - as "lower-yield"; revenue per thousand downloads is down from $60.83 to $45.10 as a result of more video and more downloads within the UK, which historically monetises less well than the US. The company recently signed Cr...More new AI-generated podcasts than human ones
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Is podcasting being flooded with AI slop? For new shows, it seems that normal, human-made podcasts are now in the minority, according to the Podcast Index. Visible on the Podcast Index's New Feeds Report, at the time of writing it shows only 44.6% of new shows in the last 24 hours were "likely legitimate", with 45.7% potentially produced by AI. The tool spots AI-generated shows by using AI it...CBCās new slate includes a new comedy podcast
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CBC has released its spring/summer 2026 podcast slate. New podcasts include a comedy po...